The Janka hardness data
Description
Janka hardness is an important structural property of Australian
timbers, but is difficult to measure directly. It is, however,
directly related to the density of the timber which is relatively
easy to measure. In an effort to develop a method of predicting Janka
hardness from density, the Janka hardness (here considered the
response) and the density of 36 Australian eucalypt hardwoods was
measured.Details
The data frame janka
has two components: dens
is the timber
density for the tree and hard
is the corresponding Janka hardness.
A low-degree polynomial regression may be an appropriate model. A log or
square-root transformation of hardness may also be useful.
CATEGORY
Polynomial regression. Transformations.Source
E. J. Williams, Regression Analysis, Wiley, 1959